Houses & Buildings - GLAZIER
What
is this job about?
Primary
Middle Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability
1. With a partner, look at the following
video
from Skills One TV
2. Together, write up some facts about
Glazing & Glass:
- What equipment is used in Glazing?
- What types of glass are mentioned?
- Are new glaziers needed?
- What is PPE?
- What safety precautions does a glazier have to
take?
3. Research "Safety Glass" and "Float
Glass".
4. Create a presentation using
iMadeFace App (it is Free) about Glazing and Glass
Skyscrapers
and Glass
Middle Secondary
Australian
Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Priority
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Numeracy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Personal and social capability
1. Read the following article
from
The Conversation 20 April 2016:
2. List the
statistics. What figures did you find interesting? Why? Share with a
partner.
3. Write up other key
points individually. With a partner,
reduce both your key points to the same 5 key points.
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What key points
did you have in common?
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What was
different?
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Did you find it
difficult to agree on your 5 shared points? Why?
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What did you
learn about yourself as you shared with your partner?
Share with the class.
4. "Too many of
Australia’s tallest towers say very little about the context within which
they sit or the climate in which they perform. This is not unique to
Australia.
The rise of generic glass towers on skylines globally has led to concern
that cities are becoming homogenised by cookie-cutter tower blocks. In doing
so, they are losing some of the qualities that make these cityscapes unique.
Worse still, the use of seemingly never-ending glazing on tower blocks is
environmentally criminal in most Australian climates.
There’s little point in building up if we don’t celebrate the million-dollar
view height provides. But does this really mean wrapping every inch
of towers in floor-to-ceiling glass?
A more contextual response would be to learn to balance view with
appropriate shade and solidity in tall building facades, developing designs
that respond to local climate and sunpath. Such an approach could breed a
new generation of sustainable Australian towers, uniquely linked to one of a
city’s strongest determinants – its climate."
(Source:
The Conversation 20 April 2016)
Individually, read
the following articles and list 20 key points:
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Are there any
counterclaims? What are they?
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What is the
Science of Glass for Supertall Skyscrapers?
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Any evidence
backing up the statements in The Conversation article?
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What did you
find interesting?
5. Share with a partner. Reduce your list
to 10 key points between you. How did you go in reducing your points down?
Did most of your points get recognised?
6. What is your opinion about Skyscrapers
and Glass?
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Should
architects continue to create glass towers?
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What about the
environment?
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Do you need to
do more research?
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